This past weekend, we decided to be adventurous. Okay, not exactly, but we did finally decide to get out of the house for the majority of the weekend.
Friday night's pleasure? Dinner and a movie with family, except we refused to make it "ordinary". We hit up a new restaurant/bar just one block south of Wabash and Roosevelt. It's called The Scout and the general manager lives next door to us so we had been trying to go for weeks. It just opened and there is a lot about which to brag. The general idea? Think Champps but more designer. Covering the walls are huge flat screen TVs and the atmosphere is noisy and upbeat, but the food is anything but what you're expecting. Classic American fare has been given a makeover. Now, you're not just buying a grilled cheese sandwich, you're buying a foot-long grilled cheese with a side of tomato basil soup for your dipping pleasure. And, oh, was that bacon and jalepeños you wanted in there? No problem! I'm sorry, you wanted sweet potato fries instead? You got it! What about black bean burgers or flat bread pizzas? So wonderful! An absolute MUST for Chicagoans.
After dinner, what movie did we see? The Lion King, of course! It's only out for a few weeks and since it's, hands down, one of the best Disney movies, we absolutely made sure to see it. And in 3-D at that! Does it get any better than seeing a big Mufasa and giant elephants cross the screen? Oh, it does. The opening scene makes the entire movie, and we almost thought we'd miss it! We literally ran to the theater to make it in time. Forget previews, we wanted to see the "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba!" part, we the sun rises and Simba's about to be held up to the parting clouds. HELLLLOOOOOOO!!!!!! Best part EVER! And, yes, we made it literally as the sun was coming up. We sat down. Sun rose. It was perfect. And what we even cooler, now that we're adults, we actually understood all the adult jokes and subtle hints / cultural references.
And for those of you were are sitting there going, "Please, like I would go see that movie as an adult" (in which case, I'm close to certain you are the minority. It's amazing), the entire theater, save a few kids, was all adults. Yup. Old school Disney movies are like our drug. Who wouldn't want to be reminded of all the things they loved as a child, or laugh at all the jokes they missed, and see the parts again that sparked the creation of one of the coolest Super Nintendo games they played as a kid. I certainly enjoyed it!
So yes, two "must do"s for this weekend, especially because, after this weekend, one of them will no longer be available.
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